In my Bible Study today, this was one of the verses that came up.
Paul says:
Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. — Galatians 1:10 NIV
I don’t know about y’all, but I felt that one, fam.
OUCH! OUCH! My toes!
Maybe that doesn’t resonate with you like it does with me, but it sure stepped on my little piggies.
Let me confess here (they say that confession is good for the soul, right?) that sometimes when I feel like God is calling me to do something, I hesitate. Sometimes I do more than hesitate, sometimes I JUST DON’T DO IT. I would love to tell you that when that moment arises, “What will people think?” is not one of the first five questions I ask myself…but, truthfully, it usually is.
I wonder if I will appear to be doing something for the wrong reasons. I wonder if people will question my motives, even if they are totally pure. I wonder, and I wonder, and I wonder. And sometimes I talk myself right out of the thing that the Lord is calling me to do. Can you relate?
But y’all, I think I am going to take my eyeliner and write this scripture on my bathroom mirror! (I WOULD like to suggest that you men ask permission before grabbing your girl’s eyeliner and going that route, just sayin’…) Maybe I will make it my screensaver. Write it on a notecard and tape it to my steering wheel. I need to READ it. OUT LOUD. DAILY. I need to get this into my spirit. Because really, WHO AM I TRYING TO PLEASE HERE?? Like Paul said, if I was worried about pleasing people, why would I be following Christ anyway? The world certainly has no
love for my Savior. You don’t have to look around you very far to see that. Switch on the news. It’s everywhere. The Word says we will know them by their fruit, and I don’t know about you but I see a slew of nasty, rotten, bug-infested, hairy fruit. If that’s what the world has to offer – rotten, hairy, fruit – then WHAT AM I WORRIED ABOUT? Who am I trying to impress? People? God forbid it. After all, it’s just the enemy in my ear. And as the old children’s song goes, “If the devil doesn’t like it, he can sit on a tack!”
Is God pleased with me?
Isn’t that all that matters? Isn’t that the ONLY question I should be asking?
Forgive me Lord, for being worried about people when You are calling me. I repent of wondering what people will think, when all I should be worried about is pleasing You. Give me the strength and boldness I need to stop hesitating and instead be quick and unwavering when Your Spirit speaks to me. Help me to be sensitive to Your voice and swift to answer.
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